calender

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæləndə/ (General American) enPR: kălʹəndər, IPA(key): /ˈkæləndɚ/ Rhymes: -æləndə(ɹ) Homophones: calendar, qalandar, Callander === Etymology 1 === From Middle French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus (“cylinder”), from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros). Doublet of calander and cylinder. This spelling calender was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the machine from the chronological senses of calendar. ==== Noun ==== calender (plural calenders) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating. One who pursues the business of calendering. ===== Synonyms ===== (one in the business or trade of calendering): calenderer ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English calendren, from Middle French calandrer. ==== Verb ==== calender (third-person singular simple present calenders, present participle calendering, simple past and past participle calendered) To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender. ===== Derived terms ===== calenderer recalender ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar, “wandering dervish”), from Arabic قَلَنْدَار (qalandār, “wandering dervish”), itself from Early Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, “uncouth man”), from کلند (kaland, “rough, unshaven”). ==== Noun ==== calender (plural calenders) Alternative spelling of qalandar. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== calender (plural calenders) Obsolete form of calendar. Misspelling of calendar. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “calender”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition “calender” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === Anagrams === encradle == Middle English == === Noun === calender alternative form of kalender